noun:

• miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun:

• bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ ゴーヤ・チャンプルー

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun:

• gap year; yearlong break taken between high school and university

noun:

• cassata; Italian layered sponge cake - Food term - From Italian
• ice-cream with nuts and preserved fruit

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

noun:

• reference materials; specimen for reference; reference item; specimen

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

adverbial noun / noun:

• sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July) - obsolete term
• June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar

noun:

• triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month) - Food term

noun:

• iron (for pressing clothes)
• hair iron; hair tong; curling tong

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be thirsty; to feel thirsty ➜ 喉が乾く
• to thirst for; to crave - often as 〜に渇いた

noun:

• test for a position in a company; company entrance test

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to yield; to give way to; to make way for

noun:

• hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

noun:

• curry
• rice and curry - abbreviation ➜ カレーライス

noun:

• Japanese and Chinese poetry
• poetry; poems

noun:

• battery
• battery; pitcher and catcher - Baseball term

noun:

• women and children
• woman; grown woman; wife

noun / ~の noun:

• critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation - four character idiom

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to cry and shout; to scream

noun:

• triple jump; hop, step and jump